Cahela Explained

Cahela is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1939. Its only species, Cahela ponderosella, the cahela moth, described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918, is found in Mexico and in the US states of California, Texas, Arizona, Utah and probably Nevada.^[1]

Adults are on wing from March to June.

The larvae feed on the stems of Cylindropuntia species.

Further reading

• Book: Heinrich. Carl. American Months of the Subafamily Phycitinae. 1956. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. 247–248. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32377196. Genus Cabela Heinrich. United States National Museum Bulletin. 207. Figs. 539, 1027.

Notes and References

1. Web site: McLeod . Robin . April 24, 2014 . Species Cahela ponderosella - Cahela Moth - Hodges#5977 . BugGuide . June 7, 2019.